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I had a game today during which I benefitted from using a colony late in the game. I was playing as Germany. I was the leading power on my home continent, but I still had a respectable rival (Babylon- I was No. 1 in the world, but Babylon was No. 3). Babylon had the only source of Rubber on...

Yes, I use the actual German spellings of the various cities.

That's a great idea- just some settlers on a boat in 2050 AD. What was your final score?

What a great start- look at all of those Cows, with an immediately accessible luxury as well! And then there's a cluster of wheat immediately north of London. You could create a hell of a core with that type of terrain. Are there horses and iron nearby?

I agree. Based on this thread and others, we seem to have a similar playstyle. It's probably why we're both still on Monarch. While I usually end up chopping forests, there are some things that I usually do for role-playing / aesthetic purposes. For example, I never irrigate tiles that have...

I have built resource colonies on occasion- usually when the resource is on a mountain surrounded by other mountains and it would take too long to establish a city with enough culture to reach the resource. This doesn't happen too often (and when it does, it's usually for iron early in the...

Believe me, I've done plenty of Panzer blitzes in my day, but I usually do them when I need to conquer my own continent. A Panzer-triggered Golden Age + mobilization, with Panzers coming out of my core cities every turn, has helped me take down dominant powers on my own continent more than...

I play with similar settings, (though usually with a 4 billion year old world). I tend to play as Germany on Monarch. I often have a similar experience to what you describe (though there's usually more than 2 continents- often there are 2 major continents and one or two smaller continents /...

That annoys me- especially when Germany, Austria, and the HRE are all included as different civilizations. You might as well include both England and the UK as distinct civilizations.

My favorite are the Germans. They are flexible and allow you to play as a warmonger and a builder, with the added bonus of a free tech at the start of new eras. The Panzer is an excellent UU and allows you to dominate the late IA. The only downside is that the Germans tend to start slow. My...

I usually build walls, especially in the early game. I tend to play as the Germans, so walls are only 10 shields. It gives my cities something to build as they grow from size 1 to size 2, plus the additional defense is always useful.

Good point- which goes to show that there aren't any truly useless UUs.

I look at it the other way- out of 31 UUs, the Panzer is in the top 5 (or, at worst, the top 7). I'm in the minority, but I prefer the Panzer to the Immortal due to speed. I listed the Immortal as being better due to general consensus. Lateness is an issue to consider- as great as the...

As for the topic of the thread, I give another vote for Germany. They start out with strong units (Archers & Spears), and can immediately research Iron Working for early Swordsmen. If you happen to start near Ivory, then the SoZ can turn Germany into an early game wrecking ball. The...

I don't understand how you can say the Panzer is useless. The only downside to it is that it comes relatively late in the game. If your games get to that point (as my games tend to), they're very powerful (especially if you use them to trigger your GA and then go into mobilization). I have...